Fuse-link.



No. 768,487. PATENTED AUG. 23, 150% E. L. SIMONS.

APPLICATION IILED SEPT. 11, 1903. NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 23, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

FUSE-LINK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,487, dated August 23, 1904. Application filed September ll, 1903. Serial No. 172,831. (N0 mOdel-l T0 rif/ZZ 7,071,072?, it muy concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. SIMoNs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Aidan, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fuse-Links, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fuselinks; and the object of my invention is to furnish a fuse-link which can be accurately mutilated so as to adapt it for use With currents of widely-varying amperage.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure l is a plan of a fuse-link of my construction; Fig. 2, a section of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a plan of the link partly mutilated; Fig. 4, a plan of a modilication of my link.

The fusible part t of the link is made of any suitable fusible metal and in its entirety is adapted to carry a current of not more than a given number of amperes-for illustration, say one hundred. sions representing each a given number of ampeIes-say iive; but it is not essential that each division be of the same size, as each might represent a different number' of amperes. The several divisions may be indicated on a flat fuse by printed or struck-out lines, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, or each may be formed by a separate Wire or strip secured to terminals c, as shown in Fig'. 4.

If the fuse in its entirety will pass a current The linkis divided oii' in diviof not more than one hundred amperes, it.

ber of amperes that each will carry, so that the operator will have no diiiiculty in cutting the fuse to the desired length.

The form of fuse-link above described is particularly useful for a working electrician, Who may have use for fuses of several sizes. At present it is necessary to carry a number of fuses of different sizes in order to be prepared for currents of varying amperage. My fuse may be cut to dierent sizes with the greatest accuracy, and an electrician equipped with it would be prepared with fuses for Wires carrying a Wide range of amperage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a fuselink constructed from a fiat piece of metal the surface of which is divided by imperforate lines intosections each of Which Will carry a current of a known amperage.

2. A fuse-link with indentations dividing it into sections each of which will carry a current of a known amperage.

EDVV. L. SIMONS.

Witnesses:

EDWIN B. LEWIs, CHARLES A. RU'ITEP.. 

